blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
bobbed hairstyle; short bob
quietly; slowly; gracefully
ox carriage (for Heian-era nobles); oxcart
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
property damage (i.e. as from an accident)
the human body; one's person
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
means of transportation; transport service
princess; daughter of a nobleman
practice (in the field); training (esp. practical and hands-on); practical exercise; drill
to marry off; to espouse to
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
format; procedure; way of proceeding
voice quality; type of voice
to succeed (someone); to take over from; to pick up the torch
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
important person; strategic person; key figure
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless
to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
a long, long time ago; very long ago
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
puppet; marionette; puppet (person, organization, government, etc.); figurehead; (arch.) prostitute